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1 Stockholm City Bikes OBIS final conference

2 Stockholm City Bikes (SCB) Run by Clear Channel Outdoor street furniture with advertisement Service concession prolonged until 2017 Started in Sep 2006 with about 40 stations End 2010: Ca 80 stations, same since 2008 Slots for around 1,000 bicycles Planned for 160 stations and 2,000 bicycles Covers inner city of Stockholm (plus a few outside) Usage: 2009: 220,000 uses or ca 1000 per day 2010: 338,000 uses or ca 1600 per day (+54%) 2

3 OBIS: Stockholm demo Potential use of bike-sharing in large organisations Commuter trips and business trips Two parts: 1. 3 user surveys in SCB Surveys in 30 large companies, municipalities, county councils, and other organisations in Sweden Idea: to finance a station at a headquarter and measure changes there Failed after trials with at least five organisations Ownership of the land a common problem 3

4 OBIS: Stockholm demo Still collected a large database Attitudes and preferences towards bike commuting and bikesharing General socio-economic and work-specific factors Examples: SL (Stockholm public transport), Posten, Swedbank, Apoteket (pharmacies), TeliaSonera (tele/internet provider), Vattenfall, Örebro municipality and county council (hospitals), etc. Municipalities often the largest local employer Platform for municipalities supported by Swedish Transport Administration and Energy Agency More information on the method on 4

5 Who use the SCB? Over-representation of Men, 60 % (49 %) High-income earners, 50 % >30,000 SEK/month (20 %) Higher education, 80 % (60 %) (Stockholm average in 2007 in brackets) Age is the same as the Stockholm average (40 years) 5

6 Trip purpose 35% commuting 30% private errands 25% leisure 5% business 6

7 Environmental impact? About 5% say they replace a car trip Only around 100 trips per day They have on average 11 km from home to work If this amount is actually replaced, it pays off compared to the redistribution traffic, in terms of CO 2 emissions But: unknown if the replaced trip is a commuting trip 7

8 What would make you use SCB more often? 8

9 SCB problems Station expansion the biggest problem Political and administrative reasons Street parking for cars prioritised by City hall until 2010 Building permits for each advertisement poster Station permissions on district authority level during the first years uneven development Many conflicting interests around streets and pavements: traffic safety, accessibility for disabled, cleaning, trees, parks and green areas Some areas (owned by the King) do not allow advertisement Attractive locations needed, high visibility Expensive power supply 9

10 SCB problems Only 8 new stations in 2008, 7 in stations shut down because of infrastructure work Promise of 30 new stations in late 2010 Still, the goal of 160 stations will hardly be met before concession time is out Expansion outside the inner city? 10

11 13 conditions for placement of stations (local traffic authority) City safe from a road traffic point of view preferably not on street parking good accessibility for disabled people avoid green areas (park) not in the way of footpaths or cycle paths not in places with other activities (e.g. hot-dog stands) protect trees and bushes no hindrance for street-cleaning vehicles Operator not in places where excavation costs are too high close to electricity with available capacity where advertisement is highly visible in centres and junctions that are easily found by the public evenly distributed around the city districts for efficient logistics 11

12 Conclusions Organisations with a large number of employees have a large impact on total travel volume They also have a self-interest in cutting costs (business trips), and helping employees to preserve health (commuting) SCB user surveys show that users prefer accessibility and flexibility in time and space Station proximity and density is crucial to attract commuters stations near large workplaces The city has to take a stand but cycling is increasing anyway (as does all traffic) Could organisations make a difference by promoting cycling? 12

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